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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- India's Active Caseload further declines to 7,60,019
- Active Cases lowest after 74 days
- India reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours
- 2,86,78,390 Total Recoveries across the country so far
- 97,743 patients recovered during the last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 37th consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.16%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.58%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 12 consecutive days
- 27.23 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
COVID-19 Update
- India reports 60,753 New Cases in the last 24 hours
- Active Caseload declines to 7,60,019; lowest after 74 days
- Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for the 37th consecutive day
- Recovery Rate steadily increases to 96.16
- Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.98%; less than 5% positivity for 12 consecutive days
India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than 1 lakh Daily New Caseshave been reported for 12 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 7,60,019. This is the lowest reported active cases after 74 days.
A net decline of 38,637 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.55% of the country's total Positive Cases.
As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 37 consecutive days now. 97,743 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
Nearly 37 thousand  more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728439
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
More than 28.50 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India  and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,63,28,045 doses .
More than 2.87 crore  COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 52,26,460 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728448
Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 32464 MT of LMO in service to the Nation
- Oxygen Expresses crosses the mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country
- 448 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country
- Oxygen Expresses transported 1854 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States
- Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively
- 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4333 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4190 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3366 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam
Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 32400 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen  delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 32464 MT of LMO in more than 1854 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 448 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.
It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses crossed the mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country.Till now, Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728477
Railways helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock
Railways is helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock. During the past 7 days  approximately 32.56 lakh passengers including migrant workers and other passengers travelled by long distance mail express trains  from areas like Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal & Odisha to various destinations including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, & Chennai areas.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728544
Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said a nationwide “JaanHai To JahaanHai” awareness campaign will be launched on 21st June 2021 to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today that a nationwide “JaanHai To JahaanHai” awareness campaign will be launched on 21st June 2021 to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country and also to “Crush and Curb” the rumours and apprehensions, being spread by some vested interests regarding the on-going vaccination drive.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728523
SENSIT Rapid COVID-19 Ag Kit
The entire world has been severely affected with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The severity of symptoms that occur during the COVID-19 infection can range from undetectable to life-threatening. The quick testing procedure involves antigen testing which provides the result for hundreds of samples within a short span of time. The efforts of the Government of India have been commendable for making such rapid tests accessible and available to the citizens of our country. Several innovators and entrepreneurs have been working tirelessly for developing accurate, affordable and accessible testing kits for not only providing aid to the healthcare workers in such tough times for easy detection but also for boosting the biotechnology ecosystem in India.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728428
New Software helps identify patients likely to require ventilator support thus detecting emergency & ICU needs early
A software can now identify patients likely to require ventilator support in an ICU and referral in time and make necessary arrangements before emergency sets in. The software called Covid Severity Score  Software consists of an algorithm that measures a set of parameters. It scores each against a pre-set dynamic algorithm multiple times for each patient and allocates a Covid Severity Score  mapping it in a graphical trend.
The technology is being used in three community Covid care centres at Kolkata and suburbs including a 100-bed government mandated Covid care centre at Barrackpore, Kolkata.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728424
Union Minister Shri Hardeep Puri addresses media on installation of Oxygen Generation Plants in Punjab 
The recent experience with Covid-19 pandemic has shown the importance of ensuring adequate availability of oxygen in hospitals. Installation of Pressure Swing Adsorption  Oxygen Generation Plants in various heath care facilities would help avoid disruption of oxygen supplies, reduce dependence on LMO storage and supply of cylinders or tanks.
Accordingly based on the requests received from States/UTs, earlier 162 PSA Plants in October, 2020 and recently 75, 52 and 200 plants were sanctioned under PM Cares Fund on 10.05.2021, 10.05.2021 and 22.05.2021 respectively. Considering further demand and need to make available these facilities in each district of the country, all the requests received from States/ UTS have been reviewed comprehensively in close consultation and collaboration with States/ UTs. Based on this exercise, a total of 1,215 PSA Plants  have been sanctioned under PM Cares Fund.
Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728313
Dr Jitendra Singh says, Banks have been instructed to disburse Pension expeditiously in view of the current COVID pandemic 
In a major reform aimed at seeking “Ease of Living” for elder citizens, Banks have been instructed to disburse Pension expeditiously in view of the current COVID pandemic. Instructions have also been issued that in case of death of a pensioner, the spouse or the family member of the deceased pensioners should not be subjected to any inconvenience by seeking unnecessary details and documents, and instead the pension should be disbursed at the earliest.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728280
Quality Council of India  launches Indian Certification of Medical Devices  Plus Scheme
The Quality Council of India , and the Association of Indian Manufacturers of Medical Devices  have added further features to the ICMED the Scheme that had been launched for Certification of Medical Devices in 2016. The ICMED 13485 PLUS, as the new scheme has been christened, will undertake verification of the quality, safety and efficacy of medical devices. The ICMED 13485 PLUS Scheme was launched digitally yesterday.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728368
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